a causeless [noun]
causeless 放在名词前作定语,说明该名词所指事物没有明显原因。
A causeless panic spread through the crowd.
一场毫无缘由的恐慌在人群中蔓延。
无缘无故的;无原因的
无根据的;不合理的;无明显原因的;偶然的;偶然的
Having no apparent cause; happening by chance or impossible to explain.
无明显原因的;偶然的
Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.
无根据的;不合理的
Groundless or unreasonable.
The accident seemed causeless, leaving everyone puzzled.
这次事故似乎毫无原因,让所有人都困惑不解。
用法提示:causeless 在此表示‘无原因的’,描述事故没有明显起因。
She felt a causeless sadness that she couldn't explain.
她感到一种无法解释的无缘无故的悲伤。
用法提示:causeless 修饰 sadness,意为‘无缘无故的’,强调情绪没有理由。
Many ancient myths describe causeless events as acts of gods.
许多古代神话将无缘无故的事件描述为神的行为。
用法提示:causeless 作为形容词,表示‘无原因的’,修饰 events。
causeless 放在名词前作定语,说明该名词所指事物没有明显原因。
A causeless panic spread through the crowd.
一场毫无缘由的恐慌在人群中蔓延。
causeless 可作表语,常与 seem、appear、be 等系动词连用。
His anger seemed causeless.
他的愤怒似乎毫无缘由。
find 后接宾语,再用 causeless 作宾语补足语,表示认为某事物没有原因或根据。
The committee found the criticism causeless.
委员会认为这项批评毫无根据。
grammar · medium
易错句子She shouted at me causeless.
正确表达She shouted at me for no reason.
causeless 是形容词,只能修饰名词或作表语,不能修饰动词;汉语副词没有词形变化,学习者常直接用形容词顶替副词。英语中修饰动词要用副词或介词短语,而 causelessly 在现代英语中几乎不用,因此这里改用 for no reason(毫无原因地)。
grammar · medium
易错句子We still don't know the causeless of the explosion.
正确表达We still don't know the cause of the explosion.
causeless 是形容词,不能作名词充当宾语或主语。表示“原因”要用名词 cause;-less 是形容词后缀,意为“没有……的”,所以 causeless 只能表示“没有原因的”,不能表示“原因本身”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is very causeless with his spelling.
正确表达He is very careless with his spelling.
这里要表达的是“粗心”,对应 care + -less 构成的 careless,与 care(用心、在意)同源。causeless 的词根是 cause,只表示“无原因的、无根据的”,与“马虎、不仔细”无关;两词拼写相近,容易混用。
causeless 指事情没有明显原因,careless 指人粗心、不注意;两者拼写和读音接近,但修饰对象和含义完全不同,不能互换。
causeless 表示“没有原因的”,causal 表示“与原因有关的、因果的”;causeless 修饰没有缘由的事件,causal 修饰原因或因果关系,如 causal link。
causeless 可中性地指事件无明显原因,也可指说法无根据;groundless 专指主张、恐惧、指控等缺乏证据,带否定评价,语气更强。
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